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Season 38

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, September 30, 2021

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Current Champion

Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300

To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
(Next game: September 14)
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Upcoming Encore Presentations

August 14: S42 E100 (January 23, 2026)
August 15-16: S41 E141 (March 24, 2025)
August 17: S42 E101 (January 26, 2026)
August 18: S42 E105 (January 30, 2026)
August 19: S42 E102 (January 27, 2026)
August 20: S42 E103 (January 28, 2026)
August 21: S42 E104 (January 29, 2026)
August 22-23: S41 E142 (March 25, 2025)
August 24: S42 E106 (February 2, 2026)
August 25: S42 E107 (February 3, 2026)
August 26: S42 E108 (February 4, 2026)
August 27: S42 E109 (February 5, 2026)
August 28: S42 E110 (February 6, 2026)
August 29-30: S41 E143 (March 26, 2025)
August 31: S42 E111 (February 9, 2026)
(Source: Bell Fibe TV program guide)

All Time Winnings

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:

1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
3. Matt Amodio $1,518,601
4. Amy Schneider $1,382,800
5. Jamie Ding $882,605
6. Cris Pannullo $748,286
7. Mattea Roach $560,983
8. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
9. Scott Riccardi $455,000
10. David Madden $430,400
11. Julia Collins $428,100
12. Matt Jackson $411,612
13. Austin Rogers $411,000
14. Ray Lalonde $386,400
15. Harrison Whitaker $373,999
16. Adriana Harmeyer $349,600
17. Caleb Groen $346,968
18. Adam Remsen $306,415
19. Ryan Long $299,400
20. Arthur Chu $297,200

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Including Tournaments (and Consolation Prizes):

1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,614,216
4. Matt Amodio $1,964,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000

Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Children’s Literature) for Thursday, September 30, 2021 (Season 38, Game 14):

A 2000 Library of Congress exhibit called this 1900 work “America’s greatest and best-loved homegrown fairy tale”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Andrew Fox, a museum web & interactive developer from Novato, California

Andrew Fox on Jeopardy!

Abigail Noy, a screen printer from New York, New York

Abigail Noy on Jeopardy!

Matt Amodio, a Ph.D student from New Haven, Connecticut (31-day total: $1,158,001)

Matt Amodio on Jeopardy!

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Matt has matched the Baskin-Robbins total of 31 wins and is now 1 win away from tying James Holzhauer for #2 on the all-time wins list.

One thing that I’ve found to be very disturbing recently: the number of people who believe that Matt’s opponents are subpar. This could not be further from the truth. (In fact, Daniel yesterday had stats equal to that of an average champion on the show). Matt, last night, on Twitter, said: “All of my competitors are extremely smart people, and those people saying otherwise are probably the only things that actually bother me on here. Insult me, hate me, I don’t care. But uninformed trolls insulting the other contestants is just the lowest of the low”. It’s great to see Matt stand up for his fellow players like this.

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Correct response: What is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz? (also reprinted as The Wizard of Oz)

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is L. Frank Baum’s famous 1900 work of literature, the basis of the very famous 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz. An important note here is that this work has been reprinted using the shortened The Wizard of Oz title (and even the Library of Congress, in the title of its centenary exhibit in 2000, used the abbreviated title). If you’re going to comment on this aspect of today’s Final Jeopardy! without having read this section today, know that my patience for your arguments will very likely be very thin.

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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!

Scores going into Final:
Matt $39,400
Andrew $9,000
Abigail $7,000

Tonight’s results:
Abigail $7,000 – $2,001 = $4,999 (What is Shrek?)
Andrew $9,000 + $1,000 = $10,000 (What is The Wizard of Oz?)
Matt $39,400 + $15,000 = $54,400 (What is Wizard of Oz?) (32-day total: $1,212,401)

Matt Amodio, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the September 30, 2021 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Matt $10,200
Andrew $3,000
Abigail $2,200

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) HOMOPHONES $1000 (clue #8)
Matt 2600 +2600 (Abigail 0 Andrew 2000)
2) THE GEOGRAPHY $1600 (clue #5)
Matt 13000 +7000 (Abigail 5800 Andrew 3000)
3) OLD-SCHOOL SELFIES $800 (clue #20, $7200 left on board)
Matt 30400 +3000 (Abigail 5800 Andrew 9000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 164

Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 0 (0.00 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:
Matt $30,200 Coryat, 37 correct, 3 incorrect, 64.91% in first on buzzer (37/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Andrew $9,000 Coryat, 8 correct, 0 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Abigail $7,000 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $46,200
Lach Trash: $4,000 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,800

Matt Amodio, career statistics:
1041 correct, 100 incorrect
49/56 on rebound attempts (on 110 rebound opportunities)
54.14% in first on buzzer (980/1810)
63/72 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $254,600)
24/32 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $27,131

Abigail Noy, career statistics:
11 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,000

Andrew Fox, career statistics:
9 correct, 0 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,000

Matt Amodio, to win:
33 games: 92.246%
34: 85.313%
35: 79.570%
36: 75.321%
37: 70.352%
Avg. streak: 46.987 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • $54,400 is the 37th-best one-day total of all time in regular play on Jeopardy!; the top 100 will be updated once the game has aired in all markets.


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